Rensselaer To Host Colloquy With Leaders From Each Branch of the U.S. Government Along With Pioneers in the Business and Academic Sectors, May 25
Rensselaer will convene the 10th annual President’s Commencement Colloquy, engaging its 2012 honorary degree recipients—leaders from each branch of the U.S. government, along with pioneers in the business and academic sectors—in a discussion titled “Honoring Tradition, Responding to a Changing World,” moderated by Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson.Young Actors Guild to Present "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Sunday, May 20, 2012 2:00 PM - 4:30 PMWhere: RPI Playhouse
Cost: $12.00
Description: The students at YAG will be performing Andrew Lloyd Weber’s "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Culmination of our Spring Semester. This is a great family musical based on the story of Joseph and his brothers from the Old Testament. Please note that other performances are scheduled for Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19; refer to the campus events calendar at http://events.rpi.edu for details.
Contact: Rensselaer Union 518-276-6505
An Update Regarding Rensselaer Libraries' Summer Hours
Rensselaer's Folsom and Architecture Libraries will begin observing their respective summer schedules as of Thursday, May 17, and not on Friday, May 18, as was previously announced.Rensselaer Students Build Sustainable Bedroom for Haitian Orphanage
Members of the student group Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) have been hard at work transforming a used 20-foot steel shipping container into a safe, comfortable, and transportable bedroom for orphaned children in Haiti.EMPAC Event to Feature Office of Research Seed Grant "Research Salon" Demos
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMWhere: EMPAC Theater
Cost: Free
Description: Faculty and Students Invited--Featuring 3 demos of the 2011 Seed Grant Projects helping to form the foundation of the CCC Center. -Emergent Reality Lab, Researchers:L.Sheldon,B.Chang,M.Si -Mandarin Language and Culture Experiment–The Lost Manuscript,Researchers:J.Zappen,P.Hajela,L.Sheldon,M.Si-Infrastructure Resilience in the Post-disaster Environment: Supporting Collaboration through Simulation, Visualization and Interaction Technologies, Researchers:D.Mendonca,B.Cutler,A.Wallace
Contact: Office of the Vice President for Research 518-276-4863 Mindy Sorbo
Instructors Encouraged to Submit Requests for Summer 2012 Classroom AV Needs
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - Mon , May 21, 2012 (all day)Where: DCC 150
Description: Please submit your Summer 2012 audio-visual needs for the classroom no later than May 21, 2012 to ensure equipment availability for the first day of your class. Any requests received after May 21, 2012 will be processed in the order they are received.
Contact: Evelyn Smith x8461
RPILMS System Maintenance Scheduled for May 19, 26-27
Due to a scheduled maintenance update, the Rensselaer Learning Management System (RPILMS) will be unavailable from approximately 10:00pm to 11:00pm on Saturday, May 19. The system will also be unavailable from approximately 9:00pm on Saturday, May 26 until 6:00am on Sunday, May 27 for further maintenance.2012 Annual Steam, Electrical Shutdowns to Impact Campus June 1-9
The 2012 Annual Steam and 2012 Annual Electrical Shutdown schedules have been released, and all members of the campus community are advised that this year’s work will begin on Friday, June 1 and continue through Sunday June 9. The steam system shutdown will impact the campus from Sunday, June 3 through Saturday, June 9.Athletics Posts Weekly Review & Preview
Athletics' latest updates on many of Rensselaer's teams, including outdoor track and field, women's lacrosse, and baseball, as well as information about the upcoming Let's Go Red! golf outing.
HR, Lally School to Offer Personal Financial Management Course
Rensselaer’s Division of Human Resources and the Lally School of Management and Technology have partnered to make available for interested faculty and staff members a course in Personal Financial Management. The course will be offered for 15 weeks beginning Tuesday, May 22; classes will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays from noon to 1:50pm in room 5114 of the Pittsburgh Building. ** PLEASE NOTE THE CLASS DAYS; classes will be held on TUESDAYS and Fridays, and not on Mondays and Fridays as was originally announced.**- 1 of 354
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